Unit 5 Lesson 3: Adaptive Behavior

Creating an association between two unrelated stimuli

• Classical conditioning

• Behavior reinforcement

• Operant conditioning

• Behavior

Trial-error learning where a spontaneous behavior is followed by stimulus (reward)

• Classical conditioning

• Behavior reinforcement

• Operant conditioning

• Behavior

Giving candy for answering a question right is an example of...

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative punishment

One way of training a horse is putting pressure on them (like pushing your fingers/crop into them) so that when they move the way you want the pressure is removed. This is an example of...

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative punishment

Being genetically predisposed to being athletic is an example of

• Nature

• Nurture

A dog being trained to be able to do tricks is an example of

• Nature

• Nurture

Which of these is not a category of play?

• Locomotory

• Social

• Exploratory

• Fortnite

What word describes the behavior of helping others survive at the cost of your own?

• Play

• Altruism

• Foraging

• Aggregation

Which of these is NOT a potential explanation for altruism?

• If the group works together everyone wins

• I'll do you a favor if you do me one

• Promotes wellbeing of family

• A sense of belonging and confidence

The goal of this type of modeling is to estimate the overall fitness of a strategy.